How to Use naughty in a Sentence
naughty
adjective
- She gave him a naughty smile.
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Here are the CEOs who screwed up bad enough to rise to the top of my 2019 naughty list.
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Adam Feuerstein,
STAT,
17 Dec. 2019
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Apple turns a blind eye to many of the naughty habits of apps.
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Shira Ovide,
Washington Post,
9 June 2023
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Then came a naughty plan to try to sneak the C-word onto the show.
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Jillian Sederholm,
EW.com,
13 Mar. 2021
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Some are naughty, some are nice, but all of them are well worth a read.
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Seth Combs,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Nov. 2023
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While one cooked, the other watched out for the naughty elephants.
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Cnt Editors,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Feb. 2023
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There was the time viewers complained about all the naughty puns.
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Los Angeles Times,
1 Oct. 2019
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In more recent times, kids have been both naughty and nice.
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Jay Jones,
chicagotribune.com,
25 Nov. 2020
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The Pynk is a magnet for dreams, and not only naughty ones.
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James Poniewozik,
New York Times,
26 Dec. 2022
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Santa could not be reached to comment on whether the man had been added to the naughty list.
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Frank Witsil,
Detroit Free Press,
12 Dec. 2019
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One list is his record of those children who have been nice, and the other, the naughty ones.
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Linda Gandee,
cleveland,
7 Dec. 2020
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But in the morning, the couple emerged from the goathouse as flushed and giddy as naughty teenagers.
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Lisa Wells,
Harper’s Magazine ,
13 Mar. 2023
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That was the quickest way to end up on Jordan's naughty list.
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Chris Bumbaca,
USA TODAY,
18 May 2020
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Still, a few of us remember how grand the naughty song once was.
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Gregg Opelka,
WSJ,
20 Dec. 2021
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In that time, the parrots learned a few naughty words and even learned to say these words and start laughing.
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Andrea Romano,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Sep. 2020
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The stories are funny and clever, and a few are a little naughty, as well.
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Sunset Magazine,
19 Mar. 2020
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The story: Santa has Scout Elves that help him with his naughty and nice lists.
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Jennifer McClellan,
USA TODAY,
3 Dec. 2019
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So you and everybody else can see — who’s naughty and who’s nice.
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al,
21 Dec. 2019
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Every child, naughty and nice alike, knows that Santa Claus makes his home at the North Pole.
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Mike Scott,
NOLA.com,
14 Dec. 2020
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Okay, and maybe those on the naughty list, too — there's still time to redeem yourself, after all.
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Ysolt Usigan,
Woman's Day,
3 Oct. 2022
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Brignac would approach him in the hallways, tease him about having been naughty and then pull him into the back of the church.
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David A. Hammer,
NOLA.com,
18 Dec. 2020
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While some of the cards feature romantic and subtle truths, the dares might get naughty.
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Mariah Thomas,
Good Housekeeping,
23 Jan. 2023
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This new not-so-naughty Fergie, however, hopes to sell a lot of books.
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Misan Harriman,
Town & Country,
26 July 2021
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And, yes, his slightly naughty Cheetos bit still kills.
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San Antonio Express-News,
24 Feb. 2021
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Coal isn’t just for those who made the naughty list this holiday season.
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Gideon Grudo,
NBC News,
29 Dec. 2019
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Who thought that seeing someone’s mouth could be so naughty?
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Lindsey Gentile,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2021
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Some might call this outfit more naughty than nice for Christmas Eve.
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Leah Marilla Thomas,
Glamour,
26 Dec. 2023
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None of the incumbents on Trump’s naughty list appears to be in much peril.
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Michael Cloud,
Dallas News,
24 Feb. 2022
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When kids go to sleep, the elves buzz back to the North Pole and report on who has been naughty or nice and then return, by morning, to a new spot in the home.
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Mike Snider,
USA TODAY,
9 Nov. 2021
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Clyde and Seamore face off against a (human) villain, who has swiped the principal’s naughty and nice list.
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Dewayne Bevil,
orlandosentinel.com,
26 Nov. 2019
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